NFL commissioner Roger Goodell tells reporters that the NFL's preseason doesn't need to include four games while attending a football clinic for high school players at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said that four preseason games are no longer necessary for teams' preparation leading into the regular season and that the league needs to reevaluate its offseason training programs.

"It's the types of things that we need to do to make the game better," Goodell said while attending a football clinic for high school players at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens. "We're continuing to evolve the game that way."

The commissioner said there has been an ongoing dialogue for two years now between his office and others about an extended schedule. The subject of adding two games to the current 16-game schedule was brought up again in meetings with the union on Wednesday. The number of preseason games, which stands at four, would be reduced in the new model.

"We have to adjust what we're doing," said Goodell, who also noted that roster sizes and injured reserve rules would be reviewed. "We're trying to figure out ways to grow things."

Goodell also said he was still gathering facts regarding Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young's citation for assault outside a Dallas strip club early Sunday morning.

"We don't have a timeline other than making a good decision," Goodell said.